An estimated 2.49 billion robocalls were reportedly made to consumers in the United States in October 2017, which translates to an estimated 80.5 million robocalls placed every day, and these numbers seem to be increasing every month. To increase the likelihood that consumers would answer his calls, Mr. Abramovich's operation made calls that appeared to be local-a practice known as "neighbor spoofing".

The robocalls offered discounted travel services to Mexico, the Caribbean and Florida, from Expedia, Marriott, Hilton and TripAdvisor, according to the complaint. In almost every case, he was the sole director, the FCC said. In its decision, the FCC said his arguments were unpersuasive, so it has chose to go forward with the original fine it proposed. Complaints submitted by both consumers and these companies are what led to the record find.

"The list of brands impersonated by these fraudsters goes well beyond TripAdvisor and reads like a who's who of well-known airlines, hoteliers and online travel agents", said TripAdvisor in a statement.

Abramovich's robocalls only make up a small fraction of those regularly received by Americans; 3.4 billion were made in April, up 30 percent from a year ago.

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